This page came through my Google Reader earlier today, and it shows a very interesting trend. Look at Saxby’s numbers in September. Once he showed a 19 point lead over Jim Martin in the polls.
Since September, you can see a definite slide in those who would vote (or, rather, would have voted) for Saxby in November. A recent Associated Press article says:
The senator downplayed suggestions that the bailout vote would make or break him.
“I’ve cast hundreds and hundreds of votes over the last 14 years,” Chambliss, a former House member, told reporters before the GOP Victory dinner in Atlanta. “To say any one is going to cost me the election, that’s just not the case.”
Saxby is deceiving himself here. If his cowardly support of the bailout bill didn’t cause this sudden change in the polls, what did? Certainly conservatives haven’t just decided to fall in love with the liberal Jim Martin. No typical Saxby Chambliss supporter would ever just decide to vote for Jim Martin unless there was some big issue that prompted a change of opinion.
(The logical thing for a Chambliss supporter to do is to take a good look at Allen Buckley. No, I don’t necessarily agree with everything he says, but those of us who favor small government and fiscal responsibility would be happy to have Allen Buckley representing us.)
If you are one of these former Saxby supporters who have changed your mind about this election since early September, and if the reason was something other than Saxby’s support of the bailout bill, share your concerns.
Saxby doesn’t think he’s wrong on this. Let’s show him that he is wrong. Again.
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LIBERTARIANS!
BOO for Le Socialisme!
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradis_socialiste
“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.” — John Quincy Adams
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At least in my case, Chambliss is wrong. I would vote Libertarian but that would only cause a -1 vote shift for Chambliss. Therefore, I am going to hold my nose and actually vote for Martin in order to cause a -2 shift. And I love the LOL pic!
Six Years Ago I Voted for Saxby, he will NOT get my vote this year!!
What has he accomplished the last 8 years in Congress??
Over the last eight years our national debt has doubled(now at $10 Trillion), wealth has been destroyed, and thousands of jobs have been eliminated.
He is good ol’ boy Georgia politics to the core. I am ready to give someone else a chance.
It really bothers me that his son is a DC lobbyist too.
Is this a club? If it is not It Should Be!
Count me in on helping to FireSaxby.
By the way my vote goes to…………Allen Buckley!
Sure, it’s a club. No club dues though.
Thanks for the support.
We’re getting setup on Facebook, too. It’s still in the works, but feel free to join. http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=41185824280
What ticks me off, is all of these anti Saxby adds demonizing him for voting FOR the bailout when a majority of democrats including Obama voted for the bail out plan. The other item is the bogus add about Saxby supporting the 23% percent sales tax and flat out lying about what it will do to the cost of goods. I would love to vote Libertarian, but the democrats with a super majority scares me.